This name is on the St John's Church Memorial, Clapham Road, London SW9 Albert Light (Albert Alfred Everard Light) Lance Corporal, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 10th Battalion Service no. 207879 Died of wounds on 31 October 1917, aged 18 CWGC: "Son of John and Emily Light, of 24, Potters Lane, Basingstoke." Lived in Clapham; enlisted in Clapham Remembered at Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, Nord, France ("In the autumn of 1917, while the XV Corps was holding the Nieuport section, the 34th and 36th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Zuydcoote. The Military Cemetery contains, for the most part, the graves of officers and men who died in these hospitals.") Brother of Arthur Light, who is also remembered at St John's. Information from the 1911 census In 1911, Albert Light and his brother Arthur, then 11 and 12, were living with their parents John and Emily (given as Fanny on the census return) Light at 184 Larkhall Rise, Clapham. John Knight, 43, was an Army pensioner now working as a hotel manager. He was from Emsworth in Hampshire. Emily, 36, was from St Leonard's, Sussex. Albert was born in Edinburgh. |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
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